Dorothy Hicks showing her "Chickers" rug, a cute play on words for the chickens and the checker board design.

Marsha Wong nearing the completion of "Seafood Buffet".

Two Antigonish gals proudly strutting their stuff. Dorothy did a bang up job on the Chickers design. The eggs sure pop, the colours are rich and hold great depth! A sweet pattern for an antique trunk or coffee table. I have a version of this rug hanging in the shop. I use it as a display piece to show students what a rug looks like hooked with yarn. It's one of those patterns that can be viewed from either side and is practical in the sense that you can actually play checkers on it. Imagine an evening by the fire, laying on your belly on the floor, eating pop corn and playing a game of "King Me".

Marsha Wong said she bought "Seafood Buffet" from me years ago at Cornwallis rug school, maybe back in 2006. She opted not to do the interesting border but it will look just as nice; after all it's the inside of the design that steals the show. The lobster is surrounded by a bevy of seafood, thence the name, a smorgasbord of shrimps, clams, and muscles. Get out the seafood sauce, and gather round the table! I think I'll be looking in the lobster tank at the grocery store on the way home from work!

Pattern size 33" x 25"

Yum, who doesn't love a good lobster. A comedian once said, "The first man to eat a lobster had to be pretty darn hungry considering how ugly they are!" He's right, they aren't the most beautiful creatures in the sea but to me, they're the tastiest. Commonly referred to as "the cockroach of the ocean", the lobster has a surprising history; from food for the poor, servants, prisoners, to a soldier’s staple, it is now everybody’s idea of a delicacy. The lobster is one of the most remarkable rebrandings in product history.

I Lobster But Never Flounder Lyrics by Pinkard & BowdenI was a cook and she was a waitress down at the Salty Sam Seafood Café and somewhere 'tween the clam juice and the seaweed salad some little shrimp just lured her away

Oh, I lobster and never flounder he wrapped his line around her and they drove off in his carp oh, I lobster and never flounder I octopus his face in eel only break her heart

I said, "Just squid and leave me for that piano tuna if you want to trout something new" She was the bass I ever had now my life has no porpoise oh, my cod, I love her, yes, I do